Monthly Archives: April 2011

April 2011 will go into the record books as the coldest April in 36 years at many locations across the Pacific Northwest. Astoria, Oregon finally reached 60 degrees yesterday (Sunday) afternoon for the first time this calendar year. This is the latest occurrence of the “first 60 of the year” in the 121 years (1890-2011) […]

Weather Records In Jeopardy Feeling a bit cold and wet? Well, spring in the Pacific Northwest is acting a lot more like late winter, as yet another cold system slides into the region. Snow is expected to fall to relatively low elevations across the Cascades. The pattern of colder and wetter than normal continues unabated […]

Now that is more like it, right? Yes indeed! Temperatures across most of the Portland / Vancouver area reached or exceeded 70 degrees today (Saturday 4/23) for the first time this calendar year, nearly a month later than normal. It was almost as good as the Portland Trail Blazers comeback today! The average first 70 […]

AMS Weather Meeting This Thursday! Just a quick reminder that we have an excellent and exciting AMS meeting this coming Thursday that you will not want to miss. Respected Bonneville Power Administration Meteorologist and Oregon AMS member Chris Karafotias will give an updated presentation on the Madden-Julian Oscillation. This is a fascinating subject matter presentation […]

An unseasonably cold trough of low pressure is sliding down over the Pacific Northwest from the gulf of Alaska, bringing snow to very low elevations for this time of the year. Snow has been reported to as low as 500ft across the Portland / Vancouver area this morning. The latest date to see at least […]

March ended as one of the wettest and coldest in years across many locations in NW Oregon and SW Washington. But you did not need me to tell you that. We have been wetter than average almost every month since last fall. In fact, the water year to date total so far (October 1st through […]